al-Risālah
Contributors: Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Published: 1589
Place of publication: Spain
Language: spa
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: Islamic law; Early works to 1800; Malikites; Aljamía; Texts; Spanish Manuscripts
Notes: Aljamiado or Aljamía manuscript copied in Spain ca. 1589-1590s. The watermark (sphere, similar to Briquet 14039) is localized to Saumur 1589.

The manuscript begins with a commentary on Al Risala by Abu Muhammad Abdullah ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani (922-996).

Written in four hands in black and red, with zoomorphic figures and designs with flourishes in the margins of 15 pages.

Shelfmark: MS Or 515.

Digital version available with no restrictions Unrestricted online access.

de Castilla, Nuria M. "Histoire et codicologie du livre manuscrit arabe." Annuaire de l'École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Section des sciences historiques et philologiques, 149 (2018): 40-44 https://journals.openedition.org/ashp/2210

de Castilla, Nuria M. "A la búsqueda de manuscritos perdidos." Circulaciones mudéjares y moriscas. Redes de contacto y representaciones, 2018, 325-344. https://www.academia.edu/40364517/Nuria_de_CASTILLA_A_la_bu_squeda_de_manuscritos_perdidos_Madrid_CSIC_2018_pp._297-346

J. Ribera, M. Asin. Manuscritos árabes y aljamiados de la Biblioteca de la Junta (Madrid 1912), p. 266-67.

Electronic reproduction. New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Libraries, 2017. Digitized as part of the Muslim World Manuscripts Project, 2018-2021, funded by CLIR.

Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials. Version 1. December 2002. Digital version conforms to: http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

Spanish in Arabic script.

Reverse leather with three leather ties; top and bottom of spine of a lighter brown leather, also reverse.

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